My Shinobi

Chapter 20 - Fairies and Keys

Chapter 20 - Fairies and Keys

When Tsubasa told me that we had to wait for the first keys, I was utterly confused. Normally wouldn't you go and find the keys yourself? So what, were we going to wait for someone to bring them? I didn't understand.

But before I even had the chance to ask him what he meant, he quickly disappeared from my sight. Now I was left all alone wondering to myself. What would we need "keys" for? Are they going to play a part in helping me get back home? That would make sense...kind of.

Oh, I just hope I won't have to solve some kind of riddle in order to move forward.

Too much thinking for now, I should go to sleep and worry about it tomorrow. With a clear and refreshed mind I would be able to get what is going on at least a bit more than how I am now.

I closed my eyes and felt myself drifting off to sleep, but before I was completely asleep, I felt myself being carried off.

"We will never be able to be together." I spoke, my eyes slowly forming tears.

"Why not? We can find a way. I will find a way for us, and we will never have to part." he said assuringly. It only made it harder on me.

"You know that can never happen." I gave him a sad smile.

"Of course it will not happen. Not unless you make an effort to make it happen." his voice had a hurt tone to it.

"Sooner or later I will have to go back, back to my own time, and you will have to stay here. It would be best to not let this go any further." I tried to reason.

He shook his head, "Then you should have never appeared in front of me."

That made my heart shatter. It hurt with an indescribable pain. How could he so easily say that? I could tell that I was mere seconds away from breaking down.

My eyes shot open. My hand was clutching tightly onto my chest where I had felt the throbbing pain in the dream. It was so realistic that I literally thought it had broken.

Why am I still having dreams with him? Now that I know who he is, and also having him so close to me, just makes it very awkward. It makes me feel like some kind of pervert. And what's up with the whole lovey-dovey scenario?

I really need to wash my face with water to wake up. I think there was like a spring or something similar not too far away.

Making up my mind I got up and walked towards the direction that I remember it being. When I got there I bent down and cupped some water onto my hand, splashing it on my face. The water was a fresh kind of cold, calming down the heat on my cheeks.

I took deep breaths. That was only a dream. No need to be so worked up over it. What happens in dreams doesn't mean it will happen in real life. That's why it's a dream.

But, wow, even my emotions from the dream were strong for him. I felt like I would have died if we were to ever get separated.

Lost in thought, I barely had time to register a soft melody growing louder as it got closer. I searched for the source, but couldn't find anything. My eyes then closed on three shimmering lights.

The color of the shimmering lights took my breath away. One was a very pretty violet. The one in the middle was a bright ocean blue. And the last one was an electric orange that almost looked red.

They were all very pretty colors.

Before I even had time to react, the shimmering lights were already in front of me. I jumped back a little bit, but then remembered that they are only lights. There was no way it could actually hurt.